It’s hard to find two more people passionate about baseball than Ken Rosenthal and Jayson Stark. The two longtime baseball reporters — both now work as senior MLB writers for The Athletic as well as MLB Network insiders — are the lead guests this week on the Sports Media Podcast with Richard Deitsch. As part of a 49-minute conversation, Rosenthal and Stark discussed a variety of topics including cultivating sources, using analytics in baseball copy, morphing between television and print/digital, the future of baseball writing, career changes, and more. I asked both who they considered the most interesting baseball in people to talk to right now.

“It is a long list,” said Rosenthal. “I will start with (Nationals pitcher) Max Scherzer. I believe he is one of the most intelligent players that there is. He is a unique guy. Obviously a great pitcher. I just find him to be a deeper subject than most and that’s not a knock on anyone else. Obviously, you can go to the...